Low b-value diffusion weighted imaging is promising in the diagnosis of brain death and hypoxic-ischemic injury secondary to cardiopulmonary arrest

Cardiorespiratory arrest can result in a spectrum of hypoxic ischemic brain injury leading to global hypoperfusion and brain death (BD). Because up to 40% of patients with BD are viable organ donors, avoiding ...

Source: Critical Care - June 20, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Miriam E. Peckham, Jeffrey S. Anderson, Ulrich A. Rassner, Lubdha M. Shah, Peter J. Hinckley, Adam de Havenon, Seong-Eun Kim and J. Scott McNally Tags: Research Source Type: research